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Weekly Base Oil Price Reports

September 16, 2026

Price activity shifted to the naphthenic base oils side this week, as San Joaquin Refining announced a price increase fo...

September 8, 2026

United States envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner revived separate talks last weekend with Russian and Ukrainian pres...

September 14, 2026

The downward base oil price trend triggered by growing supply levels in Asia along with lackluster demand was partly sta...

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Monthly Base Oil Reports

September Base Oil Report

September 7, 2026

Gabriela Wheeler looks hard for good news in the base oil market....

August Base Oil Report

August 10, 2026

The Light at the End of the Tunnel Will the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran hold? Will crude oil an...

July Base Oil Report

July 1, 2026

No end in sight to the chaos in the Gulf....

June Base Oil Report

May 23, 2026

The current upheaval of base oil markets is severe enough to seem mythical except that lubricant producers are feeling ...

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Join Base Oils Editor Gabriela Wheeler and Executive Editor Tim Sullivan as they discuss this month’s Base Oil Report. The current upheaval of base...

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